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Actor Sohel Chowdhury murder suspect arrested in RAB raid

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday evening arrested Ashish Roy Chowdhury the prime suspect of film actor Sohel Chowdhury in a raid at a house in Bangladesh capital Dhaka’s Gulshan area.

The RAB said in a message the house No. 25/B is situated on road No. 107 near the Pink City in the area.

RAB spokesman Khandaker Al Moin said they launched the manhunt acting on a tip-off.

Sohel Chowdhury was shot dead underneath Trumps Club at Abedin Tower in Banani on Dec 18, 1998. His brother, Touhidul Islam Chowdhury, pressed murder charges at Gulshan Police Station the same day.

Actor Sohel Chowdhury murder suspect arrested in RAB raid

Film producer and controversial businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai had alleged links to the killing of Sohel.

Ashish was one of the owners of the club. Besides Aziz Mohammad and Ashish, Afaqul Islam aka Bunti Islam, Sanjidul Islam Emon, Adnan Siddiqui, Tariq Sayeed Mamun, Selim Khan, Harun Ur Rashid alias Leather Liton and Farooq Abbasi were charged in court.

Police on July 30, 1999, filed a charge sheet against nine people and the Dhaka 3rd Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court on October 30, 2001, charged the accuse ones in the murder case.

The case was later transferred to Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-2 for further proceedings.

Actor Sohel Chowdhury murder suspect arrested in RAB raid
Actor Sohel Chowdhury

Following a petition of an accused in the case, the High Court on 2003 stayed the proceedings of the trial.

On February 27, 2022, the stay on the case proceedings was withdrawn after 19 years.

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